Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-16
" SMUTlY MY DARLING"
Was the Euph0nt0us Name OF q Negro
Murdered by Hamp Wade Some
Months Ago.
Hamp Confessed and Yesterday His Neck
Was Broken by Law as q Penalty
For tho Crime.
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Special 10 the GaZeLbe.
A HANGING.
HUNTSVILLE, TEX, Oct. 15.-Hamp
Wade assembled the scaffold with q firm
tread, and after religious exercises, made
q talk TO the crowd, the purport of which
WAS that his sins had been forgiven and
he was going straight to heaven. Sheriff
Jones sprung the trap st 2:l4. The drop
Of twelve feet broke his neck, and in thir-
teen minutes life was extinct. There
were about 1000 people present. The
best of order prevailed.
THE CRIME.
Hamp Wade was hanged for the killing
OF ore "Snutty My Dazzling" some time
last fall, the body having been found two
months after interment. Perhaps the
most explicit summary possible TO give
will be found in the confession Of Wade
st the examining trial, which was the
main evidence used against him
on final trial. The other
party spoken of, Nelson jones, pleaded
guilty TO murder in the second degree
and was given five yesrs in the pen. The
confession was as follows: / went to
Henry Hoods on the night OF the killing
to see Smutty about a small amount he
was owing me. Asked him for it and ne
told me he would get dollar and pay
me that. He had his gun at the time,
aud aske! him what he was doing with
1t. He said: "Cousin, IS in me-" |
asked him what - was doing in him, and
he said that every time the wounds Jones
made on him at the time he shot him
hurt him, that - got in him and he had
Jones to kill. l asked MIN if be and
Jones had not made friends. He said:
eyes, cousin, but by Il laid out six
months once IN ordSr to get
man. I cut s sheriff all to pieces
once and they never did ge1
me-" he told ne to go TO jones'
house and tell him he had better be pre-
pared; be was going to kill him that day
or night Said he wanted JONES' wife, IS
she wss good-looking; would run off
With her; could get any woman he
wanted. I went down TO jones' that
evening and told him what Smutty had
said. Jones said, care you going to let
he man kill me?" 81 said, 81 vii! do
wnat can to save your life" Jones had
6 stick and pea hanging up on his gal
lery. asked him Whist he was going TO
60 with that pea. He said he was bound
30 have some kind OF weapon, that Smutty
es going to kill him. Said he had his
gun, but wanted something else. L told
Jones I would take the pea, and took it,
carrying it to church. Smutty and [
and
JANE AND MCLLIE JONES
ell left church together for jones' house.
Smutty had his gun loaded four fingers
hat night, but left it at Mary Seamore's.
Don't know how he came to Leave it. We
went on to Jones' house, Smutty and [
stopping at the bars and the women going
in. tried to get Smutty to go in also, but
he said, "D-u Jones, ne wasn't going in
his house." 1 said, "heven't you sn1
Jones made friendsl" He said "by -,
60 to - cousin" 1 SAID, "don't cuss
me, pet" He said, go o., you -
-" l said, don't cuss me for - :"
he said. "you are =" Then
l struck him with the pea on side of the
head Was at that time on my horse.
When Ist1uck him he fell. The blow broke
the piece from the rod OF iron holding it,
leaving the latter in my hand, which 1
afterwards carried TO the house and
threw in the fire. After while he was
getting up, when got off my horse and
he and got into scramble. Smutty and
both hollered. At this time Jones came
iunning up with his gun. Smutty saw
Jones and jerked loose from me and
started TO run. Jones started to shoot
him and I told him not to. / said let him
GO. Jones said, "No, no; it will not do
to let that man CO." and ran up and
struck him over the head twice with his
gun. The last lick killed him and broke
the gun. l asked Jones what he was going
to do now. He said to stay there until
be could 60 to the house and get his
horse. We put him on the horse and
carried him to the stable and buried him,
Jones having selected that place that day.
After we buried him l told Jones that If
1t came up and they put me in Jail and
kept me there too long 1 would tell
about 1t. Jones said not to tell any
thing, that it would bresk his neck.
Jones said if it ever came up ne would
take all the responsibility on himself.
Smutty and were good friends. There
was no stick used, only the gun and pea.
Smutty was not armed. There was only
two of Us into it-Nelson Jones and my
self.